PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 629

15-205.

(a)     After the Administration notifies a manufacturer or distributor of new motor
vehicles of the approval of an application for a license and before the Administration
issues a license, the manufacturer or distributor shall file with the Administration a surety
bond in the form and with the surety that the Administration approves.

(b)     (1) The amount of the surety bond shall be based on the number of new
motor vehicles transferred by the manufacturer or distributor to dealers in this State
during the preceding license year, according to the following schedule:

(i)     1 to 50 vehicles — $25,000 surety bond;

(ii)    51 to 500 vehicles — $50,000 surety bond;

(iii)   501 to 10,000 vehicles — $100,000 surety bond; and

(iv)    Over 10,000 vehicles — $300,000 surety bond.

(2)     Each bond shall remain continuously in the amounts specified in this
subsection.

(3)     A manufacturer or distributor need file only one bond, regardless of the
number of makes of motor vehicles manufactured or distributed.

(4)     A MANUFACTURER OF TRUCK COMPONENT PARTS SHALL FILE A
BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000.

15-208.

(a) A manufacturer may not refuse to deliver new motor vehicles, [or] new
two-stage vehicles, OR TRUCK COMPONENT PARTS, as the case may be, to a licensed
dealer OR DISTRIBUTOR, in reasonable quantities and within a reasonable time after
receipt of a written order, if:

(1)     The manufacturer specifically advertises that these vehicles OR TRUCK
COMPONENT PARTS are available for immediate delivery; and

(2)     The dealer OR DISTRIBUTOR has a franchise or other contract with the
manufacturer for the sale of these vehicles OR TRUCK COMPONENT PARTS to the public.

15-212.

(a) In this section, "motor home" means a motor vehicle that:

(1)     Is designed to provide temporary living quarters, built into as an integral
part of, or permanently attached to, a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or van; and

(2)     Contains permanently installed independent life support systems which
provide at least four of the following facilities:

(i) Cooking;

(ii) Refrigeration or ice box;

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